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A record 385 million Chinese will undertake domestic travel during the Chinese New Year Golden Week from February 15 to 21 - an increase of 12 percent from last year, China News reports.

Tourism revenue is expected to reach 476b yuan (US$75bn) - up 12.5 percent year on 2017 - according to statistics released by the China National Tourism Academy (NTA).

The NTA also revealed the top ten destinations for travellers during the holiday, with the tropical city of Sanya, winter retreat Harbin and the historic city of Hangzhou listed as the top three. The port city of Xiamen, Hubei Province's Zhangjiajie, Beijing, Shanghai and southwest cities of Kunming, Chengdu, Chongqing complete the list.

83 percent of residents in China are willing to travel in the first quarter of 2018, and 48.9 percent of them will do so during the Spring Festival Golden Week holiday, said a survey conducted by the NTA.

Among the respondents, 65.9 percent prefer middle to long distance domestic travel, while 34.5 percent choose to journey close to where they live.

Additionally, 44.7 percent of Chinese residents are more inclined to travel by car and 18.8 percent of tourists prefer to take the train or high-speed train.